Southern Illinois 75, at Drake 89

DES MOINES, Iowa (Interstat) — Abbie Aalsma scored 29 points and Drake used a dominant second half to pull away from Southern Illinois for an 89-75 victory in a Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball game Friday night at a sold-out Knapp Center. Aalsma, a 5-foot-9 guard from Waupun, Wisconsin, continued her offensive surge, adding three assists in 34 minutes. She has now scored 59 points in her last two games, following a 30-point performance in a win over Illinois-Chicago. Her scoring, particularly a flurry of drives to the basket, proved instrumental as the Bulldogs turned a tight contest into a… Read more...